Leadership Exchange

Module description

Summary:

This module will enable you to gain a deeper insight into the empirical process of leadership (as opposed to the theory of leadership). On successfully completion of this module you should be able to derive lessons from the exchange experience that you will be able to implement in your own organisation by way of modelling new behaviours and demonstrating new thinking to others. You will be able to undertaken research within organisations as an observer or participant observer, and integrate the academic content of the programme with you and others work experience.

SustainabilityThis module encourages participants to observe in detail the ways in which sustainability features in the discourse of various organisations, and how this affects the accomplishment of leadership.

External Engagement Students engage with the organisations or businesses they already work for when conducting their coursework.

EmployabilityStudents acquire a better understanding of their own leadership, or of the leadership at their place of work, and the changes that could take place in order to instil a more effective leadership.

Full module specification

Module title:

Leadership Exchange

Module code:

MBAM831

Module level:

M

Academic year:

2014/5

Module lecturers:

Professor Jonathan Gosling - Convenor

Module credit:

12

ECTS value:

10

Pre-requisites:

None

Co-requisites:

None

Duration of module:

Duration (weeks) - term 1:

10

Module aims

The aim of this module is for participants to gain a deeper insight into the empirical process of leadership (as opposed to the theory of leadership). This is based upon an ethnographic, experiential learning philosophy which in this module involve participants: